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Hi. Recently, there was a sale at a store i used a few times to buy supplies for leather crafts. This trip, i bought ( pardon my explenation ) a plastic sheet with tracer lines on that you wet the leather and then apply it on top, roll it down so it leaves marks in the leather, and then you swivel cut it. These are called a number of things, but stencil or tracers i am guessing is closest. I live in Sweden, and i have had little to no luck in finding more of these. Now.. a few questions. 1: Are there any special store that sell these that are of good quality and a wide arrange of patterns? 2: Can you send a picture of a custom made pattern somewhere and get it created as a plastic tracer to be re-used as many times as you want? 3: Are there any other "newer" version or better ways of transfering patterns to leather to be cut in besides this? I cannot draw for the life of me, so i really have use of these. Here is a bag i made with this Oak leaf pattern i traced with first and then cut in. I´m still learning for the record.

Hey all, had a little issue today while experimenting with the airbrush. Well, 2 issues really. The big one though was at the end. I masked off the area I wanted to finish with masking tape, pressed the edges down firmly to get a good seal, but after spraying the finish on and taking the tape off I found quite a few areas of leakage, as you can see in the picture. So the first question is, what do you use for masking off? I was using regular white masking tape, is there something better I can use that won't leave behind any residue to prevent later dyework? Second point, as I'm sure you can see, is that I'm getting a fair bit of leakage under the stencil. This one was a metal stencil and looked to be good and flat against the leather but even so there's leaks and spots where there shouldn't be. I am sure some of this is due to my really cheap single action airbrush but even so, I'm getting this a lot. What pressure do you guys run your airbrushes at? I bought a regulator to control mine as the compressor didn't have a very good one and (from what I recall, I have to convert the reading to psi to understand my gauge) I run it at around 15-20 psi. The airbrush is a suction model I use for all dye applications these days - no more uneven finishes! - but stencils I'm having problems with. Do you use anything like a spray mount on them to keep them in place, or just hold them there? Any other tips for a newbie airbrusher? Many thanks Raven ps: I'm in Queensland, Australia and the dyes and finish I'm using come from here - http://www.leatherfinishingproducts.com.au/index.php/cobblestone/ - Cobblestone dyes. Fantastic product, much easier to use than the Eco-flo and dilute with spirits or water.